USB scanners and linux

[Thomas D. Ward]

Hi, Steve I am not sure at the success you would have finding a module for a
parallel scanner. I do know the
USB scanners work under Linux. Using a 2.2.18 Kernel.
However, you have to take into concidderation I am using a new machine with
onboard USB support, and don't have to full with putting a seperate board in
my machine.
All I did was compile the 2.2.18 Kernel with USB support, USB file system,
and USB scanner support and Linux found my scanner.




----- Original Message -----
From: "Holmes, Steve" <SAHolmes at ahcccs.state.az.us>
To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2001 8:47 AM
Subject: RE: USB scanners and linux


> My 486 obviously, doesn't have USB, but I wasn't aware scanners could be
> used with Linux.  I have an HP5200 (I think) and am considering hooking it
> up to the parallel port if there are some decent OCR products I could use;
> sounds like an interesting idea.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thomas D. Ward [mailto:tward at bright.net]
> Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2001 11:34 AM
> To: speakup at braille.uwo.ca
> Subject: Re: USB scanners and linux
>
>
> Basically, with the scanners you just compile a 2.2.18 Kernel for your
Linux
> distro, and while making the config file select USB support, and answer
yes
> to the USB scanner support.
> Most scanners will work with the generic driver. Read the documentation
that
> comes with the 2.218 Kernel to get a complete list of scanners supported.
> As far as I can tell Red Hat seams to find my Umax Astra just fine, but I
> haven't tested it with some scanner packages yet.
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Geoff Shang" <gshang10 at scu.edu.au>
> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> Cc: <blinux-newbie at braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2001 8:53 PM
> Subject: USB scanners and linux
>
>
> > Hi all:
> >
> > For complex financial reasons, we need to buy something now and we
> > thought it should be a scanner.  We would like to go USB since SCSI is
> > expensive and parallel is sooo slow.  Anyway, I need to know if there
are
> > any issues with using USB scanners under 2.2.18.  Are there drivers for
> > each scanner or is there like some kind of standard interface?  Also, I
> > have a PC without onboard USB support.  I believe that I can get a card
> > for USB without too much expense to the management. But does this create
> > problems for the USB support under linux?
> >
> > Any comments would be helpful. This is a matter of some urgency.
> >
> > Geoff.
> >
> >
> >
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